The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[Buckeye Amy]

I never like the AQHA western pleasure and its ben that way a long time. I used go show back in the 90s and it's same as now.

Ok, thanks for sharing your experience!

 

[KF0002]

Silkies definitely aren't for everyone I don't mind the bit of extra work (crest trimming etc) and I think they're fun.

We all have our thing, so keep on keeping on. When I had my Silkies I enjoyed them. They are an interesting breed.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Yeah non-silkied Silkie sounds highly suspicious for cross breed to me. lol

Ya. Someone posted a pic asking if their chick was a silkie.
It had some silkie traits but regular feathers so I said it was a silkie mix.
Someone came along saying it was a silkie. A satin silkie.
You do you but I'm not getting on board with a silkie that isn't silkied feathered.

 

[The Moonshiner]

OK I just don't get modern western pleasure. I realize I'm probably the only one in this camp, but these horses look like they're about to fall on their faces, like they're in some sort of a daze. Western pleasure didn't look like this 20 years ago. Different strokes for different folks.

I wasn't a horse guy growing up or anything. I didn't know what western pleasure really was.
I've been around trail riding and barrel racing. Some roping and ranch stuff.
I've been here about 12 years now and I still don't get it. There's nothing natural looking about it to me.
Now this mounted shooting stuff I've been seeing. That looks cool.

 

[The Moonshiner]

You read my mind! Here all this time I'm thinking "why are these poor chickens hated so much that people are calling them Mfers?"

oh, that is exactly what he's calling them.

 

[Buckeye Amy]

I wasn't a horse guy growing up or anything. I didn't know what western pleasure really was.
I've been around trail riding and barrel racing. Some roping and ranch stuff.
I've been here about 12 years now and I still don't get it. There's nothing natural looking about it to me.
Now this mounted shooting stuff I've been seeing. That looks cool.

Yeah I’ve seen that too recently. You’d have to be a good shot to do it & don’t shot the poor horse while you’re at it!

 

[KF0002]

It has rained so much here every single day and everything is a sloppy swampy mess. The straw in the pens is holding up but will probably need more straw in some of them this week. I will be glad when its summer and everything dries out.

@The Moonshiner if I asked you this already, forgive me, my brain is a mess these days, but what did your Red x Buff Leghorns look like? Were they more red or buff?

 

[The Moonshiner]

It has rained so much here every single day and everything is a sloppy swampy mess. The straw in the pens is holding up but will probably need more straw in some of them this week. I will be glad when its summer and everything dries out.

@The Moonshiner if I asked you this already, forgive me, my brain is a mess these days, but what did your Red x Buff Leghorns look like? Were they more red or buff?

Mine were buff Xs black tailed Reds.
They came out in the middle. My BTRs were almost RIR dark. The cross was definitely leaning heavy red but more like a production red or junk hatchery RIR.
They had black in tails and some on wing tips but like half as many black feathers as the BTRs had.

 

[KF0002]

Mine were buff Xs black tailed Reds.
They came out in the middle. My BTRs were almost RIR dark. The cross was definitely leaning heavy red but more like a production red or junk hatchery RIR.
They had black in tails and some on wing tips but like half as many black feathers as the BTRs had.

My Red rooster is technically a BTR also, so I suspect to get similar results from the F1 cross. He is also wild type based as evidenced by the offspring he produced with my Brown Leghorn hens. So to get Reds with a full wheaten base, I will need to Breed the BTR to the Buff pullets, then mate two of those offspring together and cull through their offspring, as the Reds on a pure wheaten base will have no intermediate looking markings/stripes and have solid red hatch down. It will be a "hatch a lot, keep a few" kind of thing, as the offspring will produce a lot of variants.

 

[Chookwagn]

oh, that is exactly what he's calling them.